Naomi

It wasn't terrible, but didn't keep my focus. Listening to it helped pass time while I was driving, but I also found myself zoning out of the story a few times.

This story was great. I couldn't stop listening to it. At first I was expecting the 2 story lines to intertwine and was disappointed when they didn't seem to, but the end made up for it. Worth the read.

I re read it so I would be refreshed on the details before beginning the next book in the series and it was even more captivating than I remembered

The story was intriguing and kept my focus and the ending did surprise me (I didn't think it would). But to me the writing felt a bit clumsy. Instead of leading us to conclusions, they were all announced, there was little buildup of suspense, so it wasn't as impactful, and it felt a bit rushed. The mother's inner narrative sometimes pulled me out of the story more than bringing me further in, and felt forced/unrealistic/repetative in places. This story has huge potential, but I feel as though it needed a little more depth and development to make it great. I will be giving his books another try at some point, maybe it was just this one that I didn't mesh with as well as I hoped.